Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People watch the bats emerge from the Ann Richards Congress Avenue Bridge. (Jay Janner/American-Statesman) Bat watching is one of ...

AUSTIN — It’s not your average spot for nature watching. The canyon walls are brick, glass and concrete, some of it squeezed into the shapes of billowing sails or owl faces. The crowd, however, ...

A new educational experience is introducing locals and visitors to Austin's bat population. Called Bat City, it will share the story of Austin's famous Mexican free-tailed bat colony with the ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — One of Austin's most popular tourist attractions is getting an upgrade. Each year, thousands of people gather beneath Austin's Congress Avenue Bridge to watch millions of bats emerge ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Bats are returning to Austin for the summer, bringing one of the city’s most recognizable nightly spectacles back to the Congress Avenue Bridge. Beyond the evening viewings, a new ...

The next era in Austin bat watching has arrived. Beginning Wednesday, the south viewing area at the Ann Richards Congress Avenue Bridge will feature new educational signs and interactive exhibits ...

Soon you should be able to view masses of them taking off all over Central Texas at dusk. Fran Hutchins, director of the Bracken Cave Preserve, which is owned by Bat Conservation International, uses ...

Austin bat watching at the Congress Avenue Bridge has a new upgrade with educational signs and interactive exhibits. The south viewing area at the Ann Richards Congress Avenue Bridge will feature ...

Bat watching is one of Austin's rites of passage. When a friend comes to town, chances are they'll end up standing on the Congress Avenue Bridge at sunset, shoulder to shoulder with families, couples ...